I hate to read stories like this, where somebody is taken for a ride. According to the seller, he bought the car a year ago from a dishonest seller for $7800. I doubt he is going to get the $3000 reserve price he is asking.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series-300-SDL-300-SDL-great-parts-car-engine-transmission-excellent_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6330QQitemZ4637057923QQrdZ1

Roger that.

I hate to see that too, but there was another thread here recently where a guy bought a bad Mercedes off of ebay and got his whole money back - ebay guarantees against fraud and misrep. so he jumped the gun I think

The aircon and cruise control thing got discussed here before I think, but the sunroof needs love too. MB has a job, lube sunroof tracks and rail, and it IS important to do it sometimes, because the pop up feature is a intrinsically weak spot, and once the thing jams it can;t be fixed by a DIYER, and is a dealer job ONLY to make right and VERY VERY expensive to put right.

If he can't get out of the hole by parting out on ebay for $3000, maybe he should go after the seller who sold him the pig in a poke.

Seems ebay takes this kind of thing seriously. The place for him to start is with NEGATIVE FEEBACK, even if he gets retaliatory bad feedback.

HATE to see this happen to people.

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1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Rich,

I emailed the unfortunate buyer on ebay and told him to jump in here if he wants. The seller had only 5 deals on ebay, (uh oh) and already negative feedbacked him. So both have it over this deal. . Big mess It appears seller was a private party, and the car looked real nice in the pictures.

Usually even a BAD W126 can be detailed to look beautiful.

We'll see.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Hmmm,

Why would you buy a car sight unseen trusting photos and the description of someone that you don't know typically in another state for way over the local market selling price?

Perhaps people should stop whining about the sellers ripping them off and look to their own foolish behavior?

Food for thought.

I agree that it may be foolish to do. I got burned that way with my first MB. Got caught up in the hype of owning my first MB and of course in the auction outbidding war.

You will find however that there are quite a few people who are members in this website that have purchased eBay cars. I'm sure not all of them have had the fortune of having someone near the seller who was able to do a PPI for them.

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85 300D 310K (sold)
90 350SDL 184K sold
83 300D 118K (sold)
88 300E 153k (sold)
93 400E 105K (sold)

I think that buying a car before you see and test drive it is bad business. Any car I have I make the sell come and see it. I have turned down many a sale becasue the the buyer just wanted the car shipped without looking at it. NO WAY!

If you buy a car and did not look at it then its your own fault!

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2001 Dodge Ram 2500 141k
1979 300D 234k (sold)
1984 300D "Astor" 262k(sold)
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Well, the buyer beware approach is unfortunately necessary in the used (or even new) car business, but is not necessarily strictly legal. Sounds like the buyer has adequate doocumentary evidence of the initial claim (the ebay posting) and the actual condition of the mechandise (independent evaluation by a Mercedes shop in writing) to file a small claim for breach of contract against the seller, which in most states allows claims up to $5K.

Some people claim that a small claim court decision is a waste of time, but it actually has the force of any court decision: it accrues interest at the legal rate (about 10% per year; legal eagles call these seemingly irrelevant judgments "money machines," because they sit around gathering interest and growing sometimes indefinitely, and 10 years later, when the defendant wants to do something, the judgment can rear its ugly head and interfere with their lives, and they can get very agreeable to settling at that point just ot be rid of the problem), you can garnish wages, you can force a debtor's examination to identify assets to take, you can establish liens against a person's real property, if they have a business you can send a sheriff over to take money out of the register (Literally). And now it is even harder to get out of this by bankruptcy, due to changes in bankruptcy laws. So the seller shouldn't eliminate this possibility unless geographically it is impossible/impractical.

One of the reasons this option often isn't open to someone who is buying a car from a private party is that there is no documentary evidence to start off with regarding what the initial state of the car is as represented by the seller. Even if you have it inspected, you then are stuck with trying to prove what the seller said about the car's condition, and it degenerates into a he said she said argument. What is different in this case is you have an ebay listing in which the seller describes the merchandises condition, including the vin number, which can be traced documentarily to the seller.

So, small claims provides a way to get some....revenge/satisfaction...as long as the buyer is willing to make a hobby of it. No lawyers involved, minimal filing fees, informal hearing and sometimes the defendant doesn't even respond, not realizing what a pain in the ass he's setting himself up for.

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1991 420SEL 201K "The Big Blue One"
1985 300DT 205K chassis/285K engine nee California emissions "Goldbug"
1983 300TDT 255K "The Womble"
1983 300 DT 214K "Sea Sprite"-Rear-ended a truck
1983 300SD 285K "The Donor" Gave his life so that others can live
1980 500SL Euro 105K "Der Panzer"

After buying my friends S320 off ebay with some mixed results, now I really treat it as buyer beware.

Assume everyone selling a car is lieing until they prove otherwise.


Next time if I found a car I really had to have I'd figure out a way of seeing it in person before bidding.

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2007 Tiara 3200

I have bought 4 MB cars and 2 diesel trucks on eBay from different sellers without seen the cars and making my decision just by the sellers rating and description, with excellent results (cars better than described) of course if I am buying a car more than 20 years old and paying less than 10k I don’t expect to be in good condition no matter how well the PO took care of it or if the car comes with a lot of maintenance records, it is a used car and I know it will cost me money to bring it to my standards
I can’t say the same for a couple of local reputable car lots I bought from before.

Just my 2 cents

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That guy is local to me. I'd sell rag doll to get this one, but I have put so much sweat and work into her that she gotta stay for a while anyway.

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its got a clean interior too...perfect candidate for a south western donor body that needs everything else.


Bummer about its being a POS. I saw signs of rust on the photo with the Left front tire, clearly been touched up improperly . The others are very hard to see major issues.

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Fellas,

The buyer emailed me privately, and he wants to resolve this by buying another W126 body for the car. He is gonna transplant the engine/tranny he has.

Not commenting on the wisdom/or not wisdom of it, this is what he wants to do.

Any suggestions for him? Start new thread and ask?

Seems like a nice guy. From DFW texas I think


(Redass...) Love the handle. Haven't heard that term, Cajun E. Texas/Louisiana for years!!!Got the redass, I know what that means
I am sure this ebay buyer SURE got the redass when he got the ebay negative feedback after BUYing a bad car

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

The guy is wailing about the crappy car he bought sight unseen, then relists it with sob story, lists it with 115,000 miles and the speedo shows 415,000 plus miles. Why can't people do things right?

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1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

You mean the seller?

The seller is in Houston.
Jim, Redass is also a term we have at Texas A&M, (I'm sure you've heard of aggies!!)
Red-ass - A term for an Aggie that goes out of their way to show their Aggie spirit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditions_of_Texas_A&M_University

I'm Class of 00 from there. Agricultural Engineer!

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